The ruling BJD won 12 seats out of 19 in Pattamundai NAC elections. Whereas Congress got six, the Independent wrested only one seat. But BJP failed to open its account.
The BJD got victory in the wards 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,12,14,17,18 and 20, Congress in wards 5,9,11,15,16 and 19, whereas an Independent candidate won in ward 10. Independent candidate Purnima lenka trounced BJD’s Basantimani Rana with the margin of 30 votes.
Neck to neck fight was seen in ward 1, 3, 9, 14 and18, where the difference between the winning and defeated candidates was between 14 and 50 votes. BJD candidate Baijyantimala lenka defeated Congress candidate Sarojini Rout in the lowest margin of 14 votes, whereas BJD’s Pratima Sahu defeated Congress’s Rinarani Biswal with the highest margin of 308 in ward 8.
On September 30, the election for chairman post in the Pattamundai NAC will be held. It is reserved for female. According to official sources, 19,220 electorates out of 25,568 exercised their franchise on Thursday.